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Revisiting Pittsburgh and Allegheny County as an opportunity for city-county consolidation: The "RiversCity" proposal

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

can do to start working better together as a region (Baltimore Business Journal op-ed ," 2016), and I support efforts to do this for St. Part 1: Overview and Theoretical Foundations ," 2021). Basically our local government finance systems were set up when the country was growing. Louis City and County (" St.

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The unintended consequences of converting office buildings to housing: the need for public safety; schools; amenities

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The Complete Guide to City Living , 2004, Retire Downtown: The Lifestyle Destination for Active Retirees and Empty Nesters , 2006, both by Kyle Ezell), but mostly in weak market cities where the office districts were depopulated by business. People don't want to live in fear. cleanliness. Center cities can be pretty dirty.

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Faced with Housing Shortages, Policymakers Test New Reforms To Increase Production

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

In response, Democrats in California and Massachusetts, Republicans in Utah and Montana, and city governments across the country have enacted legislation designed to address the barriers that restrict new housing development. But after the reforms were passed, the next planning cycle in 2021 saw the total jump to 2.5 million units.

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Community building versus economic development

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

A problem on Market East and in Philadelphia, they said, is the city government only contemplates the future in response to developers’ wishes. An art gallery type building won't have near the economic return as a sports arena, provided it is super well planned. ," Washington Business Journal , 2016). Cities cost money to operate.